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VATICAN CITY — If you want to explore every nook and cranny of St. Peter’s Basilica but don’t want to fight the crowds, just click here on the Vatican website.

The Villanova team checks images shot in January in St. Peter's Basilica. (CNS/Paul Haring)

A team of faculty and students from Pennsylvania’s Villanova University spent hours shooting hundreds of photos of the basilica and months digitally stitching them together so the Vatican could put a virtual tour of the world’s largest Christian church online.